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SIM’s Personal and Professional Development (PPD) sessions are designed to provide our MLIS students with a competitive edge in the IM job market. This service, unique to our MLIS Program, is provided by Management Career Services (MCS) – embedded within the Faculty of Management.

See schedule below. Please register via myCareer (log into MyDal, look for myCareer in the Quick Links section). Sessions are facilitated by Management Career Services Team Members including Robert Wooden, Acting Director.

2018-2019 PPD Schedule

FALL 2018

Resumes for IM Professionals

Getting ready to enter the professional job market? Your résumé is a critical tool for securing interviews and how well it is crafted will determine whether you will have a chance at your “dream job”. This workshop will focus on how you structure your document to effectively highlight your professional skills in order to secure the interview!

Attend this workshop to learn the best practices to improve your resume. Note:You must bring a hard copy of your current resume to fully participate in this workshop.

“This was really great, thank you.” – MLIS Student & PPD Participant

Cover Letter Success

Most employment opportunities require applicants to submit a cover letter. Since each opportunity is unique, a customized cover letter is required for each position. Are you up for the task or are you will you simply change the last cover letter you sent out? This workshop will provide you with an approach to cover letters that works! Attend this workshop to make writing cover letters easier.

Making Career Connections

The time to start moving towards achieving the career of your choice is right now! This workshop will provide you with insight into what you can do now while pursuing your MLIS to achieve your first (and often challenging to find) career-related position after graduation. The benefits of networking will be discussed and an information management professional will be in attendance to explore how an informational interview is conducted.

Attend this workshop to explore the many ways you can make your career connections!

“Just seeing an actual informational interview was really helpful since the concept was totally new to me.” – MLIS Student & PPD Participant

“Great advice to follow up on network connections made by conducting an informational interview.” – MLIS Student & PPD Participant

Leveraging the Power of LinkedIn

Did you know that over 80% of employers are looking you up online before making a hiring decision? As of August 2014 more than nine million Canadian professionals are on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is an absolute must-have tool when performing a job search in today’s job market and will help you make a positive online impression. Attend this workshop to learn:

How to create a professional online presence with your LinkedIn profile

To use the search feature to explore career options, job types and industries

Where to find information on people and organizations to write customized job applications

How to find job opportunities and prepare for interviews

In today’s working world, your professional online brand is key. LinkedIn can help you build one. Note: It is strongly recommended that you create a LinkedIn profile before attending the workshop.

Career Discovery Tour Prep Session

This mandatory session is for all MLIS students participating in the Career Discovery Tour to Toronto and during this session you will learn everything you need to know to have participate in a successful event and to represent your program and school in a professional manner

WINTER 2019

CV or Resume? Considering an Academic Career

In North America, an employer generally only requests a curriculum vitae (CV) when the available position is academic, education, scientific or research focused. In Europe and the Middle East, CVs are much more commonly used than resumes. If you have an interest in academic librarianship or are planning an international job search, this workshop is relevant to you! After reviewing the differences between a resume and a CV, time will be spent on discussing the various sections you should have on your CV, as well as reviewing some formatting techniques for the document. If time allows, a few sample CVs will be shown and briefly discussed.

“Liked the comparison charts and plan to include a lot of the recommendations for CV when I do mine.” - MLIS Student & PPD Participant

“I thought it was great!” - MLIS Student & PPD Participant

Effective Interviewing

Whether the prospect of going on a job interview excites or intimidates you, this workshop is not to be missed. You will be provided with proven interviewing advice and thoughtful tips you can use. The workshop will discuss the following: